Written by ceti331 the 28 Feb 13 at 05:26.

Idea: An option to show ALL windows of an application, from ALL desktops, triggered by clicking the apps' Launcher icon.

Currently it only shows windows from the current desktop.

Showing ALL windows would let you leverage launcher clicks for desktop switching more often, and leverage the "scale" effect more.

This is default behaviour on mac OSX so its availability (even as an option) will help win converts from that platform

This could be combined with existing behaviour for the "best of both worlds" in various ways -
[1] if there is only 1 window of an app on the current desktop, and it is already selected, then clicking the launcher-icon should bring up windows from all desktops. The user has nothing to benefit from the click otherwise.

[2] A decision to show windows for all desktops or current desktop only could be taken on the number & size of windows - if the 'scale' preview would be too cramped (thumbnail zoom < 33%?) then only show windows from the current desktop

Idea: An option to show ALL windows of an application, from ALL desktops, triggered by clicking the apps' Launcher icon. Currently it only shows windows from the current desktop. Showing ALL windows would let you leverage launcher clicks for desktop switching more often, and leverage the "scale" effect more. This is default behaviour on mac OSX so its availability (even as an option) will help win converts from that platform This could be combined with existing behaviour for the "best of both worlds" in various ways - [1] if there is only 1 window of an app on the current desktop, and it is already selected, then clicking the launcher-icon should bring up windows from all desktops. The user has nothing to benefit from the click otherwise. [2] A decision to show windows for all desktops or current desktop only could be taken on the number & size of windows - if the 'scale' preview would be too cramped (thumbnail zoom < 33%?) then only show windows from the current desktop

Written by ceti331 the 28 Feb 13 at 05:42.

an option such that pressing window Maximize places the window on an fresh, empty desktop - creating a new desktop if one does not already exist. "Restore" would take the window back to its original desktop.

This would leverage multiple desktops with fewer mouse clicks - less need to manually drag between screens, and more value from the pleasing zooming behaviour of 'expo'

an option such that pressing window Maximize places the window on an fresh, empty desktop - creating a new desktop if one does not already exist. "Restore" would take the window back to its original desktop. This would leverage multiple desktops with fewer mouse clicks - less need to manually drag between screens, and more value from the pleasing zooming behaviour of 'expo'

Written by Jay Nnib the 28 Mar 13 at 07:05.

My solution is very much similar to solution#1 but instead of automatically showing all windows from all desktop, let user select that. When the user clicks the apps launcher icon, show all windows from the current desktop as usual but along with buttons like 'current desktop', 'desktop1', 'desktop2', 'All desktops' at the bottom which, when clicked, shows the windows of the app from the respective desktops.

My solution is very much similar to solution#1 but instead of automatically showing all windows from all desktop, let user select that. When the user clicks the apps launcher icon, show all windows from the current desktop as usual but along with buttons like 'current desktop', 'desktop1', 'desktop2', 'All desktops' at the bottom which, when clicked, shows the windows of the app from the respective desktops.